Sugar in the tank was: OT FUNNY: Silly A4 owner...

[sandor@vwot.org (Sandor)]

Sugar doesn't work but cola sure does!
I know from the tard who did that to my first water-cooled dub, my 83 GTI.
It screwed over the injectors as well as the fuel dizzy!
It took me forever to get the problems sorted.
All for a little $1 can of coke.


sandor

> Dan, TB-
>  The sugar can't get INTO the combustion chambers to burn.
> It won't get past the filter.
> It doesn't dissolve.
> It would act just like sand. Or rust. Or dirt.
> Larry
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: T Berk
>   To: Scirocco List
>   Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:00 PM
>   Subject: Sugar in the tank was: OT FUNNY: Silly A4 owner...
>
>
>
>   >  L F <rocco16v@netzero.net> wrote:
>   >
>   >      By the way, just what can sugar do besides possibly
>   >      clogging a fuel filter?
>   >      I know for a fact that sugar won't dissolve in gasoline,
>   >      so all it can do is sit there in the tank.
>   >      (another urban legend....shot to hell)
>   >
>   >      Larry
>   >
>   >           I was thinking the same thing, and then
>   >           remembered a guy in high school who
>   >           dumped five pounds of sugar in his gas tank of
>   >           his early style Nova because
>   >           someone told him it would give him more
>   >           power-you can guess what happened.
>   <snip>
>   Dan Smith wrote:
>   >
>   > I always thought it carmalized the engine.
>   >
>   > Dan
>   >
>
>
>
>   I am of the understanding the burning of the sugar (and in such big
> concentrations) makes for left over carbon build up, fouling plugs,
> clogging valve seats & catalytic converters, etc., etc.
>
>
>   Just a little won't do much, but what happens to fuel injectors?
>
>   TBerk
>
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